Intellex Acquires Expert by Big Village

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Expert Details

General Automotive, Automotive Design, Wheel Design, Wheel Manufacturing, Aftermarket Automotive

ID: 728241 California, USA

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Expert has worked in the Automotive Aftermarket Industry for 25 years, as a designer of Aftermarket products ranging from Accessories, Body Kits, and Wheels. Cars have not only been his profession but his hobby and life study since before he was a teenager. Expert is a published Automotive Artist and Automotive Journalist.

As a Former mechanic, car enthusiast and hobbyist, car have not only been his business it's his life style he has a total of 41 years experience restoring, and modifying cars for himself as his hobby and has been doing it professionally for the last 10 years as part of his custom car business.

Expert was the top salesman of OEM and Aftermarket car parts for a well known Porsche Toyota mail order parts house in the late 1980’s. He has been featured a guest on several Automobile related Television shows. He possesses an incredible eye for detail, noticing even the slightest modifications done on a stock body. He is the former Vice President of the Los Angeles Shelby American Auto Club, and he's an expert in Shelby motor cars.

Expert has extensive knowledge of how Alloy wheels are manufactured, from CNC, Forged, to low pressure casting, and the variations in finishing processes. He is an expert in general Automotive as well, especially in dealing with American made cars. He has obtained a lot of historical knowledge of the automotive industry aftermarket and original manufactures.

Expert is currently writing a Guide on getting a custom car built for new comers to the hobby. He designed the Good Guys Give Away car (Good Guys is a world renowned Hot Rod & Custom Car club that puts on 22 national car shows a year). He has also served as an expert witness in automotive design case in the last year.

Education

Year Degree Subject Institution
Year: 1994 Degree: B.A. Subject: Industrial Design Institution: California State University Northridge
Year: 1989 Degree: Diploma Subject: Graphic Design Institution: Platt College

Work History

Years Employer Title Department
Years: 1999 to Present Employer: Undisclosed Title: Owner/ Chief Designer Department: Design
Responsibilities:
Owner and Chief Designer for design consulting studio specializing in custom conceptual car designs; Design and illustrate custom cars for various publications and write accompanying articles; Design aftermarket wheels for major wheel manufacturers; Design and develop body kits for early and late model car/truck/SUV applications; Design and prototype scale model cars for toy industry. I have extensive experience in building vintage American cars, and doing restorations as well as customization and modifications. I am a former professional mechanic, (per-computerized engine management systems), when I was a professional I did everything from brake jobs to full engine rebuilds. I am a fabricator, I build brackets, reshape fenders, build spoilers, scoops, and wings from scratch. I have painting experience as well. I have set up suspensions for road racing, lowered cars for clients, and done custom fitment of aftermarket wheels so that the widest, deepest offset rim and tire combo would fit under a lowered car without rubbing on the fenders.
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 1995 to 1999 Employer: Superior Industeries Title: Chief Wheel Stylist Department: Marketing Dept.
Responsibilities:
Chief Wheel Designer for original equipment manufacturer of aftermarket replacement wheels for: BMW; Chrysler; Dodge; Ford/Lincoln/Mercury; Isuzu; Land Rover and Nissan; Act as liaison between styling department and engineering department and build three dimensional clay models to aid engineering department; Design aftermarket accessories; Design aftermarket Ad art and layout for sales brochures.

International Experience

Years Country / Region Summary
Years: 2009 to 2009 Country / Region: Austraila Summary: He designed a custom mercury for a client in Brisbane, who is planning on putting these cars into limited production a 100 copies or so
Years: 2009 to 2009 Country / Region: Austraila Summary: He designed a custom Ford Ranchero for a shop in Southern Australia.
Years: 2009 to 2009 Country / Region: New Zealand Summary: He exported some of his custom Hot Rod air stacks to a speed shop called Traditional Speed and Custom in New Zealand.

Career Accomplishments

Associations / Societies
A member of SEMA (Specialty Equipment Manufactures Association), HRIA (Hot Rod Industry Alliance),
LASAAC (Los Angeles Shelby American Automobile Club), Good Guys Rod & Custom Association, IDSA Industrial Designer Society of America, Wheel Industry Council.
Professional Appointments
Vice President of LASAAC (former)
Awards / Recognition
His cars have won many trophies, A cat litter box he designed won the American Pet Product of the year award. Several of his wheels have won best looking wheel design of the year award in Truckn' magazine.
1st place George Barris Show in Culver City CA
1st place Grand National Roadster Show, won invitation only Fresno Autorama (Blackie Gejeian’s show)
Rod & Custom’s top 10 at Good Guys Pleasanton Eagle One award at Good Guys Pleasanton, CA
1st place Saugus Speedway show Saugus, CA, Best of Show George Barris show in Culver City
Publications and Patents Summary
He has his name on about 5 wheel design patents, on a cat litter box, and on his own custom hot rod carburetor air stacks he designed and put into production in 2008. He also has multiple publications in different automotive magazines.

Additional Experience

Expert Witness Experience
He worked on a case in 2008 where a major automobile manufacture was suing an after market parts supplier on patent infringement, on their replacement body panels. He performed all the research and found the defendant published prior art a year before the car in question was actually introduced, thereby assisting to invalidate the auto manufacturer's claim.
Vendor Selection
He not only designs custom cars but also job captains some of them, so he has to order parts and source those parts, or companies that can make the parts special order.
Marketing Experience
He has worked in the wheel industry as a designer for 16 years so he has a very good finger on the pulse of that industry, and designing in the specialty market place such as high end show cars he has a real eye on future trends as he is also creating them.
Other Relevant Experience
He can illustrate something that may not be clear to a layman in just words.

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